Shennong tasted hundreds of grasses and found herbs during the legend period. The appearance of prescription should be so early if single drug was regarded as single-item recipe.
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该书的标题借用了“神农”这个名字——他是传说中的中国帝王,为了测试中草药的医用价值而尝遍百草。
The title of the works borrowed the name of Shennong, who was a mythical Chinese emperor and was said to have tasted hundreds of herbs to test their medical effect.